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Protesters in Seattle have taken over a six-block area near the police department's East Precinct. They are calling it an "autonomous zone."

A co-defendant of the so-called Central Park Five, whose convictions in the notorious rape of a jogger were thrown out more than a decade later, had his conviction on a related charge overturned.

An employee who must work on a sixth day would be paid 40% overtime, according to the new law.

As we approach the final days of 2021, we look back on the year that was and the year ahead with The Atlantic's Derek Thompson.

Prosecutors laid out their case against Guy Reffitt, who is the first defendant connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to face trial. His attorney described the case as based on "hype."

The International Maritime Bureau says there has been a 40 percent drop in piracy worldwide since 2011, and that much of the drop was due to fewer attacks off the Somali coast.

While ice blasted Birmingham, Ala., a doctor at one hospital heard that a patient might die at another without specialized surgery. "It's not going to happen on my shift," he said.

A woman who lived in one of the buildings said she stayed with her parents the night before the collapse because many of the doors in her building wouldn't close. "It could have been me," she said.

Kenneth Kamler, Md is a surgeon who also climbs mountains. He was team doctor on three expeditions to the top of Mount Everest, including the disastrous 1996 trip during which 6 people died. Kamler is both storyteller and advisor in his book, Doctor on Everest: Emergency Medicine at the Top of the World - A Personal Account including the 1996 Disaster. (The Lyons Press) Blackened limbs due to severe frostbite were the least of his troubles. I-V fluids are frozen solid, and abrasions cannot heal at such high altitudes. Kamler's day job is Director of the Hand Treatment Center in Hyde Park, New York, where he is a microsurgeon. He's done research on telemedicine for NASA and Yale Medical School.

The mortgage giant needed a $116 billion bailout from the federal government after the housing bubble burst in 2007. As housing recovers, it's been able to put money back into Treasury's coffers.